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Shuvadip Das posted an Question
August 22, 2020 • 17:43 pm 30 points
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What is 'volta' in a sonnet? give an example of 'volta' in a sonnet?

What is 'Volta' in a sonnet? Give an example of 'Volta' in a sonnet?

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    Volt s word which means turn in thought in a sonnet that is often indicated by such initial words as But, Yet, or And yet.  volta occurs between the octet and sestet in a Petrarchan sonnet and sometimes between the 8th and 9th or between the 12th and 13th lines of a Shakespearean sonnet, as in William Shakespeare’s sonnet number 130: My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips’ red; If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damask’d, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks; And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak, yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound; I grant I never saw a goddess go; My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground. And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare As any she belied with false compare.

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